Lacing-stud.



No. 769,329. PATENTED SEPT. 6, 1904.

'E. E. 'STREED. LAOING STUD.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 15, 1902. N0 MODEL. 7

' UNITED STATES Patented September 6, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

EMILE. STREED, 'OF ST. CHARLES, ILLINOIS.

LAC lNG-STUD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'No. 769,329, dated September 6, 1904.

Application filed'December 15,1902. Serial No. 135,199. (No model.) i

To (I/ZZ whom it may concern: 7

. Be it known that I, EMIL E. STREED, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of St. Charles, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in LacingStuds, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to that class of lacing-studs used on shoes, gloves, and other articles of personal wear, and has for its object to provide a simple and efficient construction and arrangement of parts whereby a strong and effective attachment of the stud may be had and with which the hook portion of the stud is shielded from an accidental and very annoying engagement with the clothes of the wearer, all as will hereinafter more fully appear, and be more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrative of the present invention, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a lacing-stud attached to a fragment of fabric and embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a top View of the same; Fig. 3, a longitudinal section at line w at, Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a plan view of the blank from which the present lacing-stud is formed.

Similar numerals of reference, indicate like parts in the several views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the base portion of the lacing-stud having the usual integrallyformed tubular attachingshank 2 and lace-engaging hook 3, the parts being of any usual and ordinary form.

In the present improvement the lacing-stud, as abovedescribed, is formed'as follows: 4 is an extension or tongue formed at one end of the. base and bent up, as shown in the drawings, to form an angular guard-tooth 5 in line with the mouth or entrance-opening of-the lace-engaging hook 3 and a short distance back of the same to permit of an engagement of the lace with said hook. The tooth 5 in the preferred construction, as shown in the drawings, has a substantially vertical side facmeans of attachment for the lacing-stud to the shoe or other article.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As an improved article of manufacture,

an integrally-formed lacing-stud formed of sheet metal and comprising an attaching-base, a lace-engaging hook, and a central angular guard-tooth formed by an indentation in the base and arranged to the rear ofthe open end of said hook, the forward portion of said angular tooth being perpendicular to said base and directly opposite the open end of the laceengaging hook.

2. As an improvedarticle of manufacture,

an integrally-formed lacing-stud formed of sheet metal and comprising an attaching-base, a tubular attaching-shank, a lace engaging hook, and a central angular guarcl-tooth formed by an indentation in the base and arranged to the rear of the open end of said hook, the forward portion of said angular tooth being perpendicular to said base and directly opposite the openend of the lace-engaging hook.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 8th dayof December, 1902.

EMILE. STREED. Witnesses:

ROBERT BURNS,

M. H. HOLMES. 

